A new interview has revealed that the source code for the original Fallout and its 1998 sequel reportedly still exists. The source code for both Fallout games has long been considered lost, although it seems this is not quite the case.
On Fallout creator Tim Cain's YouTube channel, he revealed back in April that upon leaving Interplay, he was ordered to destroy everything he had about the early games in the series, including source code. It was seemingly company policy to do so at the time, meaning that anyone else would have been instructed to do the same. However, it seemed that Interplay itself lost these assets further down the line, too. As some of the best CRPGs ever, it would be a massive shame if these assets were lost for good.
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Speaking to VideoGamer after Cain's video, Interplay co-founder and game designer Rebecca Heineman revealed that she has backup copies of early titles Fallout 1 and 2, including the source code that was thought lost. "I have the source to all my projects... I made it a quest to snapshot everything and archive...
